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Helen Suzman Turns Ninety A Life Against Apartheid
In Johannesburg Helen Suzman marked her 90th birthday as South Africa’s lone opposition MP for 13 years. She praised post apartheid gains but warned of ongoing crime unemployment and service shortfalls, praising government economics while urging more housing water and sanitation delivery. Her career opposed pass laws and helped end them, with a long struggle from 1953 in parliament and the Progressive Party’s evolution.
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